BUFFALO — Nearly three dozen East Niagara residents were honored by Buffalo State for achieving at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA after completing 45 credit hours (30 credit hours for transfer students). Each student received an honors pin.

Local students honored include:

Rebecca Crafts of Burt, majoring in art education K-12

Peter Mayers of Lockport, majoring in biology

Robert Burns of Lockport, majoring in business administration

Esther Ekong of Lockport, majoring in business administration

Alison Kalata of Lockport, majoring in business administration

Taylor Peterkin of Newfane, majoring in business administration

Sarah Scott of Gasport, majoring in business administration

David Bartholomew of Middleport, majoring in career and technical education

Jillian Beatty of Lockport, majoring in career and technical education

Kimberly Mitchell of Lockport, majoring in childhood education

Aaron Mullins of Lockport, majoring in childhood education

Jessica Smith of Newfane, majoring in childhood education

Judith Wells of Lockport, majoring in childhood education

Kathleen Shaw of Burt, majoring in childhood education and English

Nicole Huntington of Gasport, majoring in childhood education and social studies

Walter Sidor of Lockport, majoring in computer information systems

Adam Stockton of Lockport, majoring in computer information systems

Anna Copeland of Lockport, majoring in dietetics

Melissa Rosenburg of Lockport, majoring in dietetics

Deanna Flanigan of Middleport, majoring in early childhood and childhood education

Buffalo State belongs to the State University of New York. We offer more than 170 undergraduate programs in the arts, education, professional studies, and science on our 125-acre campus located in the heart of Buffalo's cultural corridor.

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